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The Mouse House is bringing its short form content to the most popular video site on the web: YouTube. Disney/ABC Television Group and ESPN reached an agreement late today to release short-form content on Google's YouTube. Together they're launching ad-supported channels for ESPN, which will launch mid-April and for ABC, ABC Family, and ABC News, which will launch in early May.
A key part of this deal: ABC and ESPN will control the ad sales, while they split the revenue with Google [GOOG
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And soon, you may be able to find Disney's long form content on Hulu. Currently, the only places Disney [DIS
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More on Hulu's deal as it evolves.
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